Why Do Aids Patients Develop Dementia

Dear Doctors,My brother is diagnosed with Aids,He has Dementia.What I need to know,is what exactly is dementia.Do the patients see things that aren't there,Do they imagine people.I have watched him change over the past year,I feel that the...

...neurotrophic virus meaning that it hones in to the brain and other nerves. In the days before treatment a high percentage of AIDS patients developed dementia (loss of memory, confused thinking, often trouble walking and going to the bathroom ). ...
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...problems with sleeping, balance, walking, thinking, and memory. In the early years of AIDS these were all called "HIV-Associated Dementia." However, a broader range of problems is showing up at present. This is now called HIV-associated...
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...mental problems. Fact Sheet 505 has more information on HIV and nervous system problems. These problems, sometimes called dementia, are less severe than they were before the use of strong anti-HIV drugs. It is difficult to know what is causing...
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Very interesting read while he went through some hardships doing this it sounds like the opening of a possible new door to treatment. The guy hasn't been on Meds for 600 days after a bone marrow transplant. ...
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...virus in the patient's body, this therapy can't prevent the virus from producing toxic effects in the brain. Many HIV and AIDS patients are living significantly longer, more productive lives, but HIV-related dementia is a growing public health...
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...reach late middle age. There have been only small, inconclusive studies on the causes of aging-related health problems among AIDS patients. Without definitive research, which has just begun, that second wave of suffering could be a...
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